N. Wecklein Seven Against Thebes 161.comm-161

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Commentary (N. Wecklein, 1902; German; OCR draft) (German) (Seven Against Thebes, explanatory commentary pp. 15–100. Single-witness OCR; source readings and all reference placements require scan review.)

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Editions (7)
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 181-202 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 181-202 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 158 focus
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 158 focus
ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΕΠΤΑ ΕΠΙ θΗΒΑΣ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 158 focus
Ἐὴ ἐή,
ἀκροβόλων ἀκροβόλων δ' ἐπάλξεων λιθὰς ἔρχεται·
ὦ φίλ' Ἄπολλον.
Κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων
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ἀλλά, καὶ Διόθεν
πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν μάχᾳ, σύ τε μάχαισί τε,
μάκαιρ' ἄνασσ', Ὄγκα πρὸ πτόλεως πόλεως,
ἑπτάπυλον ἕδος ἐπιρρύου.
Ἰὼ παναρκεῖς παναλκεῖς θεοί,
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Str. 3.
ἰὼ τέλειοι τέλειαί τε γᾶς
τάσδε πυργοφύλακες,
πόλιν δορίπονον μὴ προδῶθ'
ἑτεροφώνῳ στρατῷ·
κλύετε παρθένων κλύετε πανδίκως -δίκους
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χειροτόνους λιτάς.
Ἰὼ φίλοι δαίμονες,
Ant. 3.
λυτήριοί <τ'> om. ἀμφιβάντες πόλιν,
δείξαθ' ὡς φιλοπόλιες,
μέλεσθέ θ' μέλεσθε δ' seu μέλεσθ' ἱερῶν δημίων,
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μελόμενοι δ' ἀρήξατε·
φιλοθύτων δέ τοι πόλεος ὀργίων
μνήστορες ἔστε μοι.
Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας (OCR draft) Experimental (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ θήβας. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 158 focus
Ἔ ἔ ἔ ἔ,
ἀκροβόλων δ᾽ ἐπάλξεων λιθὰς ἔρχεται,
ὦ φίλ᾽ Ἄπολλον·
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κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων.
καὶ Διόθεν
πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν μάχᾳ,
σύ τε μάχαιρ᾽ ἄνασσ᾽ Ὄγκα πρὸ πόλεως
ἑπτάπυλον ἕδος ἐπιρρύου.
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ἰὼ παναρκεῖς θεοί,
ἰὼ φίλοι δαίμονες
λυτήριοί τ᾽ ἀμφιβάντες πόλιν
δείξαθ᾽ ὡς φιλοπόλεις,
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μέλεσθε δ᾽ ἱερῶν δημίων,
μελόμενοι δ᾽ ἀρήξατε.
φιλοθύτων δέ τοι πόλεος ὀργίων
μνήστορες ἔστε μοι.
ὑμᾶς ἐρωτῶ, θρέμματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά,
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ἢ ταῦτ᾽ ἄριστα καὶ πόλει σωτήρια,
Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Septem contra Thebas. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 158 focus
ἀκροβόλων [δ᾽] ἐπάλξεις λιθὰς ἔρχεται.
ὦ φίλ᾽ Απολλον.
κόναβος ἐν πύλαις χαλκοδέτων σακέων.
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† καὶ Διόθεν ....
.... πολεμόκραντον ἁγνὸν τέλος ἐν μάχαι.
σύ τε μάκαιρ᾽ ἄνασσ᾽ Ὄγκα πρὸ πόλεως
ἑπτάπυλον ἕδος ἐπιρρύου. =
ἰὼ παναρκεῖς θεοί,
ἰὼ τέλειοι τέλειαί τε γᾶς
τᾶσδε πυργοφύλακες,
πόλιν δορίπονον μὴ προδῶθ᾽
ἑτεροφώνωι στρατῶι.
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κλύετε παρθένων κλύετε πανδίκως
χειροτόνους λιτάς. –
ἰὼ φίλοι δαίμονες,
Translations (9)
Seven Against Thebes Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 181-200 focus
The Seven against Thebes. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven against Thebes.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 158 focus
A shower of stones too from their slingers is coming over our battlements. O beloved Apollo! there is the clash of brass-rimmed shields at the gates, and the just issue in battle must be decided by arms according to the disposal of Jove
. And thou Onca
, immortal queen, that dwellest in front of our city, rescue thy seven-gated seat.
O gods, all-potent to save, O ye gods and goddesses, perfect guardians of the towers of this land, abandon not our war-wasted city to an army of aliens. Listen to these virgins, listen to our all-just prayers, as is most right, to the orisons of virgins which are offered with out-stretched hands.
O beloved divinities, hovering around our city as its deliverers, show how ye love it; give heed to our public rituals, and when ye give heed to them succour us, and be ye truly mindful, I beseech ye, of the rites of our city which abound in sacrifices.
Re-enter Eteocles.
Intolerable creatures! is this, I ask you, best and salutary for our city, and an encouragement to this beleaguered force, for you to fall before the statues of our tutelary gods, to shriek, to yell—O ye abominations of the wise. Neither in woes nor in welcome prosperity may I be associated with woman-kind; for when woman prevails, her audacity is more than one can live with; and when she is affrighted, she is a still greater mischief to her home and city. Even now, having brought upon your countrymen this pell-mell flight, ye have, by your outcries, spread dastard cowardice, and ye are serving, as best ye may, the interests of those without, but we within our walls are suffering capture at our own hands;—such blessings will you have if you live along with women. Wherefore if any one give not ear to my authority, be it man or woman, or other between [these names
,] the fatal pebble shall decide against him, and by no means shall he escape the doom of stoning at the hand of the populace. For what passeth without is a man's concern, let not woman offer advice—but remaining within do thou occasion no mischief. Heard'st thou, or heard'st thou not, or am I speaking to a deaf woman?
LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES SEPT CONTRE THÈBES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 158 focus
Une grêle de pierres vient de loin frapper nos créneaux.
O cher Apollon ! J'entends à nos portes le fracas des boucliers d'airain.
O toi dont Zeus a fait l'arbitre sacré qui décide au combat du sort d'une guerre 1 ; et toi, divine reine,
Onka, qu'on adore devant nos murs, sauvez votre ville aux sept portes !
qui parle une autre langue 2 . Exaucez des vierges, exaucez pleinement les prières des bras tendus vers vous.

Ah ! divinités amies, enveloppez cette ville de votre secours libérateur : montrez que vous chérissez vos cités ! Souvenez-vous
des sacrifices que ce peuple vous offrit, et que ce sou-
venir vous guide à son secours. Ne soyez pas oublieuses des mystères prodigues d'offrandes célébrés dans cette cité.
The Seven Chiefs against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 158 focus
Alas my country! must these eyes,
Must these sad eyes behold thy fall?
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Ah, what a storm of stones, that flies,
And wing'd with ruin smites the wall!
O Phœbus! at each crouded gate
Begins the dreadful work of fate;
Each arm the thund'ring falchion wields,
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And clashes on the sounding shields.
O thou, whose kind and matchless might,
Blest Onca, thro' the glowing fight
Obedient conquest joys t' attend,
All our sev'n gates, dread queen, defend!
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And all ye mighty, guardian pow'rs,
That here preside, protect our tow'rs:
Nor the warwasted town betray,
To fierce and dissonant foes a prey!
Ye Gods, deliverers of this land,
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To whom we stretch the suppliant hand,
Hear us, O hear our virgin pray'r,
And show that Thebes is yet your care!
By ev'ry solemn temple, ev'ry shrine,
Each hallow'd orgie, and each rite divine,
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Each honour to your pow'r in rev'rence paid,
Hear us, ye guardian Gods, hear us, and aid!
It is not to be borne, ye wayward race: p
Is this your best, is this the aid you lend
The state, the fortitude with which you steel
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The souls of the besieg'd, thus falling down
Before these images to wail, and shriek
With lamentations loud? Wisdom abhors you.
Nor in misfortune, nor in dear success,
Be woman my associate: if her pow'r
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Bears sway, her insolence exceeds all bounds;
But if she fears, woe to that house and city.
And now, by holding counsel with weak fear,
You magnify the foe, and turn our men
To flight: thus are we ruin'd by ourselves.
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This ever will arise from suffering women
To intermix with men.
But mark me well,
Whoe'er henceforth dares disobey my orders,
Be it or man or woman, old or young,
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Vengeance shall burst upon him, the decree
Stands irreversible, and he shall die.
War is no female province, but the scene
For men: hence, home; nor spread your mischiefs here.
Hear you, or not? Or speak I to the deaf?
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Eschilo, I Sette a Tebe: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Sette a Tebe: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 158 focus
Ahi, ahi, ahi, ahi!
Ahimè, potentissimi Superi,
O Divi, o Giove, custodi ben vigili
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di queste mura, deh, preda non giaccia
la città nostra cui guerra flagella
di questa turba ch'estrania favella.
Udite, è giusto, la prece che levano
queste fanciulle, alte al cielo le braccia.
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Ahimè, dilettissimi Dèmoni,
voi che la rocca cingete, a difenderla,
mostrate adesso che Tebe v'è cara.
Voi proteggete l'altare ed il tempio,
lunge da loro tenete lo scempio.
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E vi sovvenga che a voi tante vittime
ne l'orge sacre spruzzarono l'ara.
Insopportabil razza, a voi medesime
lo chiedo, utile è questo, è salutare
per
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la città, potrà coraggio infondere
in chi combatte su le mura, urlare,
piagnucolar, prostrate ai simulacri
dei Numi della Patria? Odio dei saggi!
--
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Mai nei malanni, mai nella fortuna
non m'abbia in casa la donnesca razza!
Impera, ella è protervia intollerabile:
teme, piú grave è il mal per la sua casa,
per la sua patria. - Ed or, tra i cittadini,
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con lo scompiglio delle vostre fughe,
vociferate esanime viltà.
Cosí vantaggio immenso hanno i nemici;
e noi dai nostri fra le nostre mura
siam cosí posti a sacco. Ecco bel frutto
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del conviver con donne. Ora, se alcuno
non ode il mio comando, o uomo o donna
o chiunque egli sia, pena di morte
sarà votata contro lui, dal popolo
lapidato sarà; né questa sorte
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potrà sfuggire. Gli uomini al governo:
donna non dia consiglio! E tu rimani
in casa, e non far danno. Avete udito
o non avete udito? O parlo a sorde?
Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Septem ad Thebas: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 158 focus
Ad alta propugnacula uenit lapis,
O chariſsime Apollo: ſtrepitus in portis eſt
Aeneorum ſcutorum, ex Ioue
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Bellicus finis castus in pugnis est.
O beata regina Minerua, ante urbem conſtituta,
Septem portarũ solum protege: heu præpotētes dij,
Heu perfecti perfecteq;
huius terræ turriŭ cuſtodes,
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Vrbem hastatam ne tradatis exercitui barbaro.
Audite uirgines, audite iuſtas omnino
Electas preces: heu chari dæmones,
Liberatores circum urbem euntes,
Oſtendite quòd urbem amatis,
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Vobisq; curæ ſunt delubra plebeia.
Curantes uero ſuccurrite,
Religioforum uerò sacrorum
Sponſi eſis mihi.
Vos interrogo, greges non tolerandos,
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Vtrum hæc optima, & urbi salutaria ſunt,
Exercituiq; audacia huic turres cuſtodienti,
Cadentes ad ſtatuaſes defenſorum deorum
Clamare, uociferari prudentibus odioſa.
Neq; in malis, neq; in felicitate chara,
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Conturbernatis fuero muliebri generi.
Nam confidens truculenta eſt audacia,
Verita domo & urbi plus mali.
Et nunc ciuibus cursores fugas
Ponentes, iniecistis exanimem ignauiam.
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Ea quæ sunt extra portam, tanqui optima, iuuater
Ipſi ab ipſis intus expugnamur.
Talia cohabitans muliebribus habebis.
Quod ſi quis meo imperio non audiens fuerit,
Vir & mulier, horung, medium,
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Calculus perniciofus contra ipſos conſtitutus est,
Lapidariam populi ne effugiat mortem.
Curæ sit uiro, ne mulier conſultet
De his quæ foris funt, intus existens ne danũ inferat.
Audiuisti, aut non audiuiſtian ſurde loquors
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Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) Experimental (Seven Against Thebes. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 157 focus
ISMENE
Wretched in thy woe.
ANTIGONE
Pour forth lamentations.
ISMENE
Mourners, weep amain.
ANTIGONE
Prostrate lies the slayer.
ISMENE
Near him lies the slain.
ANTIGONE
STROPHE.
Alas! with sighing raves my spirit.
ISMENE
Moans my heart within my breast.
ANTIGONE
Worthy thou of all lamentings.
ISMENE
Direst fate hath thee oppressed.
ANTIGONE
By thy friend wert reft of life.
ISMENE
Thou thy friend hast slain in strife.
ANTIGONE
Twofold horrors to relate.
ISMENE
Twofold to behold.
ANTIGONE
Brothers these by brothers slain.
ISMENE
Near them stand we, sisters twain.
ANTIGONE
Deadly deeds to tell of.
ISMENE
Deadly to behold.
CHORUS
Woe, woe, for wretched Fate,
Donor of baleful dower!
Woe for the shade august of Edipus!
O swart Erinys strong art thou in power!
ANTIGONE
ANTISTROPHE.
Woes, alas, to sight distressing,
ISMENE
Showed he me, his exile past.
ANTIGONE
After slaying he returned not.
ISMENE
Saved, his breath away he cast.
ANTIGONE
Perished hath he; all too true.
ISMENE
Ay, and him he also slew.
ANTIGONE
Wretched kindred!
ISMENE
Wretched fate!
ANTIGONE
Cares from kindred strife that flow.
ISMENE
Steeped, alas, in threefold woe.
ANTIGONE
Deadly deeds to tell of.
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 158 focus
The blast of the terrible stones on the ridge of our wall is not stayed,
At the gates is the brazen clash of the bucklers—Apollo to aid!
Thou too, O daughter of Zeus, who guidest the wavering fray
To the holy decision of fate, Athena! be with us to-day!
Come down to the sevenfold gates and harry the foemen away!
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O gods and O sisters of gods, our bulwark and guard! we beseech
That ye give not our war-worn hold to a rabble of alien speech!
List to the call of the maidens, the hands held up for the right,
Be near us, protect us, and show that the city is dear in your sight!
Have heed for her sacrifice holy, and thought of her offerings take,
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Forget not her love and her worship, be near her and smite for her sake!
[ Re-enter Eteocles.
Hark to my question, things detestable!
Is this aright and for the city's weal,
And helpful to our army thus beset,
That ye before the statues of our gods
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Should fling yourselves, and scream and shriek your fears?
Immodest, uncontrolled! Be this my lot—
Never in troublous nor in peaceful days
To dwell with aught that wears a female form!
Where womankind has power, no man can house,
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Where womankind feeds panic, ruin rules
Alike in house and city! Look you now—
Your flying feet, and rumour of your fears,
Have spread a soulless panic on our walls,
And they without do go from strength to strength,
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And we within make breach upon ourselves!
Such fate it brings, to house with womankind.
Therefore if any shall resist my rule—
Or man, or woman, or some sexless thing—
The vote of sentence shall decide their doom,
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And stones of execution, past escape,
Shall finish all. Let not a woman's voice
Be loud in council! for the things without,
A man must care; let women keep within—
Even then is mischief all too probable!
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Hear ye? or speak I to unheeding ears?
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylos. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1854. Native Donner line citations, Smyth card correspondence, selected textual readings and metrical facsimiles. Remaining OCR differences and unattributed reading notes are documented in the linked review inventory.) — 158 focus
Hoch an die Zinnen prallt ein Steinregen auf:
Ha! Theurer Apollon!
Gottheiten, allwaltende!
Auf, Götter, auf, Götterfrau'n, dieses Lands,
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Dieser Burg starker Hort!
Gebt nicht die speerumstürmte Stadt
Hin an fremdredend Volk!
Höret die Jungfrau'n, hört, wie sie gerecht empor
Fleh'n mit erhobner Hand!
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O theure Schußgötter, ihr
Zu treuer Hut dieser Stadt zugesellt,
Zeigt, wie ihr liebt die Stadt! 1
Mitleidig schaut die Tempel an,
Sendet mitleidig Schuß! 2
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Seid mir der opferreichen Orgien eingedenk,
Welche die Stadt euch weiht!
(Der König, aus der Stadt zurückkehrend, tritt auf.)
Euch, Weiber, frag' ich, unerträgliches Gezücht,
Dient das zum Besten, schafft es Wohlgedeih'n der Stadt
Und Muth dem Kriegerheere, das der Feind umschloß,
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So vor den Heimatgöttern hier in Staub gestürzt,
Zu schrei'n, zu jammern, ihr dem weisen Mann ein Graun?
Niemals im Unglück, noch im holden Schein des Glücks,
Sei ich in Einem Hause mit dem Frauenvolk!
Denn sind sie oben, ist ihr Troß nicht auszusteh'n;
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Im Leide sind sie größres Leid für Haus und Stadt.
Und jetzt in wildverworr'ner Flucht euch dort und hier
Umtreibend, weckt ihr feige Furcht im Volk umher.
Dem Feinde draußen leistet ihr den besten Dienst,
Und wir vernichten drinnen uns durch eigne Schuld.
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Das hat davon zum Lohne, wer mit Frauen lebt.
Doch wer sich frevelnd meinem Wort entgegenstellt,
Frau'n oder Männer oder wer es immer sei,
Gesprochen werde wider ihn der Todesspruch,
Der Steinigung des Volkes soll er nicht entgeh'n!
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Dem Manne, nicht dem Weibe, liegt zu sorgen ob,
Was außen vorgeht: schade sie nur innen nicht!
Sprech' ich zu Tauben? Hört ihr oder hört ihr nicht?

Notes on the current edition

Seven Against Thebes

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Commentary

Critical apparatus to Seven Against Thebes (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of Seven Against Thebes.) focus

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πόλεος:
πόλεος
Porsonus.
πόλιος
Lips.
πόλεων
Par. E. Ceteri
πόλεως
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Commentary (N. Wecklein, 1902; German; OCR draft) (Seven Against Thebes, explanatory commentary pp. 15–100. Single-witness OCR; source readings and all reference placements require scan review.) focus

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Parodos, welche die Schrecken einer belagerten und dem Sturm entgegensehenden Stadt mit solcher Kraft und sinnlicher Lebendigkeit des Ausdrucks vor die Augen führt, daß wir das kriegerische Treiben vor den Mauern ebenso vor uns sehen, wie im Agamemnon die Kassandraszene uns zu Zuschauern der Vorgänge im Hause macht. Zu der Kraft des Ausdrucks kam bei der Auf- führung noch die Veranschaulichung durch die σχήματα ὀρχήσεως, wie bei Athen. I S. 22 A berichtet wird, ὅτι Τελέστης ὁ Αἰσχύλου ὀρχηστής οὕτως ἦν τεχνίτης ὥστε ἐν τῷ ὀρχεῖσθαι τοὺς Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας φανερὰ ποιῆσαι τὰ πράγματα δι ὀρχήσεως. Von diesem Telestes heist es dort weiter: πολλὰ ἐξεύρηκε σχήματα, ἄκρως ταῖς χερσὶ τὰ λεγόμενα δεικνύς. Auf diese χειρο- νομία weist z. Β. ὅδε 80 hin. Das Ganze zerfällt in 4 Teile: im ersten (78-106) kommen die zwölf Choreuten einzeln zum Vortrag, wie sie der Reihe nach entweder einzeln oder, was wahrscheinlicher ist, in drei Gruppen zu je 4 Personen auf- treten ( σποράδην wie Eum. 244 1.). Der Chor besteht ja aus Jungfrauen, Bürgerstöchtern, welche in ihrer Angst zu den Altären der Götter flüchten, also vorher noch nicht versammelt sind. Im zweiten Teile (107—134) singen, wie die drei gleichen Verse 112, 116, 119 = 126, 130, 133 erkennen lassen, die drei στοίχοι nacheinander die Strophe und ebenso die Antistrophe. Den dritten Teil (135–151) tragen die beiden Halbchöre vor, nur in die Weherufe brechen alle zusammen aus. Den letzten Teil (152-165), ein Gebet, spricht der Gesamtchor. Die Wahl von Jungfrauen er- klärt der Schol. gut: εὐπτόητον ἡ τῶν παρθένων ἡλικία, μάλιστα δὲ πρὸς πολιορκίαν.

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φιλοπόλεις, ἐστέ.